SPOT (Earth-Observing Satellites) Imagery

10 to 20m resolution panchromatic imagery is available for the UK and Ireland from 1986 to 1995 (from SPOT 1, 2 and 3 satellites). They are isolated scenes captured over an extended time period. The data were acquired by the Landmap project from Infoterra. The SPOT satellite Earth Observation System was designed by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), in France. There have been 7 SPOT (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre) satellites launched since 1986 (as of August 2014), providing medium to high resolution of the Earth's surface. SPOT 1, 2 and 3 carried a multi-spectral and panchromatic sensor on board. SPOT 4 was successfully launched in March 1998. The first three SPOT satellites carry twin HRVs (High-Resolution Visible Imaging instruments) that operate in a number of viewing configurations and in different spectral modes. Some of those viewing configurations and spectral modes include one HRV only operating in a dual spectral mode (i.e. in both panchromatic mode and multispectral mode); two HRVs operating in the twin-viewing configuration (i.e. one HRV in panchromatic mode and one HRV in multispectral mode); and two HRVs operating independently of each other (i.e. not in twin-viewing configuration). The position of each HRV entrance mirror can be commanded by ground control to observe a region of interest. Operating independently of each other, the two HRVs acquire imagery in either multispectral (XS) and/or panchromatic (P) modes at any viewing angle within plus or minus 27 degrees. This off-nadir viewing enables the acquisition of stereoscopic imagery. To make sure the satellite covers every point on the earth's surface, the HRV imaging instruments offer a field of view that is wider than the greatest distance between two adjacent tracks.

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) funded Landmap service which ran from 2001 to July 2014 collected and hosted a large amount of earth observation data for the majority of the UK. After removal of JISC funding in 2013, the Landmap service is no longer operational, with the data now held at the NEODC.

When using these data please also include the following copyright statement on any reproduced SPOT images: CNES (year of reproduction of the data from the satellite), reproduced by................................................. under licence from SPOT IMAGE

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Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2014-08-13T07:43:55

Dataset Reference Date (): 2014-08-13T07:43:55

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/88c42e0b495a708d391957dc4f96d37c

Identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 88c42e0b495a708d391957dc4f96d37c

Landmap - author

Infoterra Ltd. - author

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - custodian

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - distributor

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - point_of_contact

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - publisher

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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Other constraints: Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.

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Other constraints: Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/landmap.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: grid

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Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 1986-02-22T00:00:00

End date: 1995-12-31T00:00:00

Code: WGS 84

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10 to 20m resolution panchromatic imagery is available for the UK and Ireland from 1986 to 1995 in GeoTiff format, they are isolated scenes captured over an extended time period. The data are archived in the structure country/year/geotiff/orthospotxx_xxx_ddmmyyyy/datafiles where ddmmyyyy is the date that the image was collected on. XML metadata files containing information such as latitude/longitude, collection date and general information about the product; are located with their respective image files.

GeoTiff files are TIFF files which have geographic metadata embedded as tags within the TIFF file. The geographic metadata can then be used to position the image in the correct location and geometry on the screen of a geographic information display. They can be opened by most Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Image Processors (IP) such as the freely available Basic ERS & Envisat (A)ATSR and Meris Toolbox (BEAM).

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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Resource Locator: Infoterra page on the SPOT satellites
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Resource Locator: The CNES website
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Resource Locator: Information about the instruments on-board SPOT 1-5
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Resource Locator: Details on SPOT satellite orbits
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Resource Locator: Information on how the SPOT imagery is collected
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Resource Locator: Landmap terms of use
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Resource Locator: Technical information about the SPOT satellites and their instruments
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Resource Locator: Infoterra page on the SPOT satellites
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Resource Locator: The CNES website
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Resource Locator: Information about the instruments on-board SPOT 1-5
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Resource Locator: Details on SPOT satellite orbits
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Resource Locator: Information on how the SPOT imagery is collected
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Resource Locator: Landmap terms of use
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Resource Locator: Technical information about the SPOT satellites and their instruments
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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data collected and prepared by the Landmap team before a copy of the data were obtained by NEODC directly from Landmap.

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File identifier: 88c42e0b495a708d391957dc4f96d37c XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646

Parent identifier: Landmap: Optical Earth Observation Collection b918b02c3c2c55391f51e8465bd7621f

Resource type: dataset

Metadata Date: 2023-11-28T00:59:43

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC)

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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